Did ya miss me?
First I would like to thank all my readers that shown an interest in the class I taught…..I appreciate the interests…..chuq
Friday……grades turn-in day…….
I graded the tests and was happily surprised…..I had 6 A’s, 3 B’s, 2 C’s……I have to admit that one test was not good but the young man was excellent in class participation so I upgraded him to a C…….I had told the students that class participation would be part of their final grade…..
Plus I got glowing evals from the students…..even though they were told they did not have to put their names on the form….they all did…..
When I turned in my grades I was told that I had a meeting with the Dean at 1000 hrs……as it was 0830 I decided to hang out on campus to wait…..I went where I always go….the Library…..there is just something calming about books….
1000 hrs and time to face the music…….
The meeting was short and sweet…..the Dean said that the consensus was that with everything going on in the world that a introductory class on terrorism might be a good choice…..he said that he would like to see an outline/syllabus in a week and he would see if it could be fit into the Summer session…..
I asked if it would be a 6 week course…..I told the dean that with a subject like terrorism anything less than the 6 weeks would be worthless…..
He thought for a moment and then said…..I will see what I can do…….. if there is only enough for a 4 week course which would be a wise choice? I thought then said National Security: An Overview. I feel that an adequate understanding of Nat Sec could be taught in a 4 week course…..
The Dean nodded….made a few notes…..and then dismissed me….
As I left the office he said to me…..”Your last class……well done”……without looking up from the papers on his desk…..I responded with…..”I try”.
Knowing the budget constraints my guess would be the course on Nat Sec……just a guess I have no insider info…..
Now I have to put my butt in gear and come up with a class outline that will inform and educate……more research the thing I enjoy the most…..see there is a bright side to all this……might as well work up one for the Nat Sec just in case they choose that way to go……
Damn! This is going to be a bitch……just the sort of thing that I live for…..as long as there is enough coffee I can do it!
I’ll echo the dean’s words, but, with a bit more emphasis…. Well done. Good to have some direction & purpose, isn’t it?….Always gives us men the proper impetus…. plus, without it, we tend to get distracted & wither a bit…
Have fun with it!
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Thanx my friend……it is good to see people take an interest in my exploits….LOL chuq
Class Dairy Update? You teach courses in Dairy farming??? I thought you said you weren’t that knowledgeable of farm economics.
Dammit! I knew spell check was worthless….Diary…sorry about that…
Pass that lesson of “over-reliance on technology” onto your students.
No need….this generation needs no passing along…they invented it….
‘Did ya miss me?’
Nah!
I neva miss no one….
Keep on trukin’
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If you are gifted enough to charm the eye of academicia — and I damned well believe you are — then by all means give the rising generations a fair share of your experience and guidance. All my teachers had a profound effect on my evolution from the fantasy of self-sufficiency to realization of Life in the raw reality — and I now worship the very memory of them and their sustaining intellectual succor …. without which I would have been nothing but a profane clone of the vulgariate that spawned me and which surrounded me. The only thing more valuable than an effective and caring teacher is …. another one. Go for it, Chuq — History will thank you and you will engrave yourself forever and indelibly in the hearts and minds of your charges and — by proxy — on the pages of History as well. Go for it! Luxuriate in it!
I appreciate the kind words……since I was forced to retire I have been looking for something to do with my time other than countless hours in front of the screen……I just hope that they go for the Summer session….since I am working as an independent contractor I will have to pray that the budget will help me out….thanx….chuq